=============================================================== From: Ed King ------------------------------------------------------ isn't top posting the de-facto standard since... 1991? ----- Original Message ---- From: Mike Harrison
=============================================================== From: Dave Brockman ------------------------------------------------------ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 No. Especially not for a mailing list. Regards, dtb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk7CaTcACgkQABP1RO+tr2SUrgCeJ6z44AXMCjTqi9z3jExZWvyy ML4AnjtLqFcbmXqhkEkmoXzhzFEAmHoT =GG8j -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
=============================================================== From: Ed King ------------------------------------------------------ my non-scientific observation: every mailing list I'm on, even Chugalug, most of the posts appear to be top posts ----- Original Message ---- From: Dave Brockman To: CHUGALUG Sent: Tue, November 15, 2011 8:29:27 AM Subject: Re: [Chugalug] Digest Mode Shenanigans -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 No. Especially not for a mailing list. Regards, dtb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk7CaTcACgkQABP1RO+tr2SUrgCeJ6z44AXMCjTqi9z3jExZWvyy ML4AnjtLqFcbmXqhkEkmoXzhzFEAmHoT =GG8j -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
=============================================================== From: Adam Jimerson ------------------------------------------------------ Mostly because they are using something like Gmail or another client that defaults to top-posting and they don't bother changing or correcting, if on a phone it can be a forgiveable offence because the smaller screens make it a bit harder to reply inline or for long untrimmed threads it can be a pain to scroll. I end with this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting
=============================================================== From: Aaron Welch ------------------------------------------------------ Top posting is easier for me to read as I usually read Chugalug on my phone.= If I need more background, I scroll down. That way the most current info i= s what I read first. -AW : ost efaults to top-posting and they don't bother changing or correcting, ake it a bit harder to reply inline or for long untrimmed threads it can
=============================================================== From: Adam Jimerson ------------------------------------------------------ phone. If I need more background, I scroll down. That way the most current info is what I read first. Which is why I mentioned phone users. Properly trimmed inline posts are fine on my Nexus S even though it is a 4" screen. Long bottom posts are insane to try and read. wrote: Chugalug, most that defaults to top-posting and they don't bother changing or correcting, screens make it a bit harder to reply inline or for long untrimmed threads it can
=============================================================== From: Bret McHone ------------------------------------------------------ +1
=============================================================== From: Mike Harrison ------------------------------------------------------ If "everyone" else installs/swaps to Windows 7, will you as well? Newer e-mail programs, are defaulting to top posting. It's a religious thing, and I'm mostly tolerant. To me: Trimming and posting appropriately, always gives the poster a "+5" automatic clueful factor. Trimming and top posting... "+1". And of course, a good question/comment or helpful response: "+10"
=============================================================== From: Ed King ------------------------------------------------------ I ' l l s w i t c h t o " s i d e p o s t i n g " j u s t t o b e d i f f e r e n t ----- Original Message ---- From: Mike Harrison
=============================================================== From: Chad Smith ------------------------------------------------------ Excellent, Ed. And I will not bottom post ever, unless I'm responding to an exact quote that I want to be read before my response. So really more of a much-clipped in-line response than a true bottom post. That said, I do occasionally try to trim. But top posting really negates the need for trimming. Especially on good email clients that *ahem* collapse quoted content. And for "people on phones"... Is this 1999? Don't phones have 800 x 480 screens and slide out keyboards? Is anyone here really responding to Chugalug via T9? *- Chad W. Smith* *"I like a man who's middle name is W."* President George W. Bush - February 10, 2003 bit.ly/gwb-dubya
=============================================================== From: Dee Holtsclaw ------------------------------------------------------ That would have been more impressive if the original text was to the right (or left for that matter). As it is, it appears that you pressure-washed the text down the page. I tend to post whichever way seems most appropriate to the content being replied to. A short single-topic paragraph gets a top-post if the reply is also short. Otherwise it goes underneath for context. Multiple-topic posts I generally reply to inline -- again, for proper context.
=============================================================== From: Chad Smith ------------------------------------------------------ **D | From: Dee Holtsclaw o | Date: Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 9:34 AM | Subject: Re: [Chugalug] Digest Mode Shenanigans y | To: CHUGALUG o | u | That would have been more impressive if the original text was to the right (or | left for that matter). As it is, it appears that you pressure-washed the text m | down the page. e | a | I tend to post whichever way seems most appropriate to the content being n | replied to. A short single-topic paragraph gets a top-post if the reply is | also short. Otherwise it goes underneath for context. Multiple-topic posts I l | generally reply to inline -- again, for proper context. i k e t h i s ? * - C h a d W . S m i t h ** " I l i k e a m a n w h o ' s m i d d l e n a m e i s W . " * P r e s i d e n t G e o r g e W . B u s h - F e b r u a r y 1 0 , 2 0 0 3 b i t . l y / g w b - d u b y a
=============================================================== From: Cameron Kilgore ------------------------------------------------------ I hate you so much.
=============================================================== From: Dee Holtsclaw ------------------------------------------------------ Affirmative. :)
=============================================================== From: Adam Jimerson ------------------------------------------------------ Not all phones have slide out keyboards for example slate phones, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate
=============================================================== From: Chad Smith ------------------------------------------------------ For reading, it doesn't matter if you have a slide-out keyboard or not. *- Chad W. Smith* *"I like a man who's middle name is W."* President George W. Bush - February 10, 2003 bit.ly/gwb-dubya
=============================================================== From: Dan Lyke ------------------------------------------------------ On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:24:22 -0800 (PST) Ed King wrote: 1993. September, 1993. The endless one. Dan
=============================================================== From: Dave Brockman ------------------------------------------------------ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Sorry that your mailing list collection is so horribly screwed up. Regards, dtb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk7C6DAACgkQABP1RO+tr2SB7wCePOTHAAN+Yw8KTyL6VC9lQG6J Bv8AoJRfr2RZpDd+DM+ko9KIkTONnOYY =TSg9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
=============================================================== From: Dave Brockman ------------------------------------------------------ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 And I purposely ensure that only important notification type ML emails reach my phone, such as Outages notifications. Mailing list reading is reserved for a real screen and keyboard. Regards, dtb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk7C6KsACgkQABP1RO+tr2TuSQCgsdXCAbWeGHL6r/W0R3uNuZz9 /iQAn2eVGMa4HXQ2yNtkwqQ4PdyyeAVW =a+za -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----